A festive day NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 07/02/2010

A festive day NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 07/02/2010 It’s been 12 years since we had a presidential inauguration in Manila. There was a proclamation somewhere in between, but it took place in the dead of night as if the people behind it knew there was uncertainty over who really won; the ensuing swearing in had to be held in far-off Cebu, far from the madding crowd of protesters and activists. In the planning of this one, soon after the newly elected said he didn’t want an inaugural parade, we were reminded by an underling of the regime just past that President Noy ain’t the first bossing not to have a parade, but Gloria Arroyo. May utang na loob pa tayo ngayon sa kanya. Her coterie has been trumpeting a list of achievements and accomplishments in media, some real, some imagined. Some 10 days ago, Elena Bautista-Horn, head of her Presidential Management Staff, touted, “Perhaps in the last week or so that remains for the Arroyo administration, people will look at what it has done… we know it will take a while before people actually realize the accomplishments, but we believe that history will judge President Arroyo fairly.”

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Source:  The Daily Tribune

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